Reparations Now!
Last June, in our editorial “Justice Denied”, we pointed
out that even though the Organisation for African Unity
(OAU) took up the call for Reparations in 1993 in its Abuja
declaration, there was never much enthusiasm from official
quarters in pressing the demands. This lacuna was created
primarily because these leaders wanted to pander to western
countries to collect “aid”. In the 2001 UN Durban Conference
against Racism, the Final Document declared: “We acknowledge
that slavery and the slave trade… are a crime against humanity, and
should always have been so, especially the transatlantic slave trade.”
This was a Declaration that was supposed to galvanise
the world into action: there is no statute of limitations against
genocide. Yet sadly, the matter of reparations was again placed
on the backburner. At the official celebrations of the 50th
Anniversary of the formation of the OAU (now the African
Union -AU) in May, not a word was mentioned. But in the side
conferences, it is to the credit of the Caribbean that Professor
Hillary Beckles from UWI delivered a powerful lecture based on
his book ‘Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean
Slavery and Native Genocide’. In detailing undisputed facts
relating to the harms of slavery, he reiterated the necessary first
step to securing reparations.
Professor Beckles and his colleague, Dr Verene
Shephard, have been unflagging in their efforts to place the issue
of Reparations in every fora, including Caricom, where they were
given a hearing. At the 34th Conference of the Heads of
Government of CARICOM in Trinidad and Tobago in last July, in
a milestone decision, the leaders agreed to the establishment of a
National Reparations Committee in each member state. The
chair of each committee would sit on a CARICOM Reparations
Commission while the Heads of Government of Barbados (Chair),
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Guyana, Suriname and
Trinidad and Tobago would provide political oversight.
In what could only be described as exhibiting unusual
alacrity, last week, representatives of governments, civil society,
academia and individuals fighting the cause of reparations for
native genocide and slavery, met during September 15 to
September 17 for the first follow up activity. Guyana was
represented by the Minister of Culture Dr Frank Anthony,
Director of Culture Dr James Rose and Executive Member of the
African Cultural and DevelopmentAssociation (ACDA).
Unlike many other countries, Guyana has always been
undivided on the issue of the demand for Reparations.
Back in 2007, when Britain held a year-long celebration
of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the despicable
slave trade, President Jagdeo had observed caustically that
now they had acknowledged their role, maybe they would
take the next step of making reparations.
This call was reiterated in 2011 during the UNsponsored, “International Year for People of African
Descent” and again by President Ramotar earlier this year.
We believe that the time is ripe and right for the demands for
reparations to be pushed to its conclusion.
As we pointed out in “Justice Denied”, at the beginning
of June, in an historic out of court settlement, the British
Government agreed to pay £20 million to some 5000 of Kenyan
citizens who had fought for independence of their country but had
been tortured by the colonial government. Foreign Secretary
William Hague said that the British Government admitted they
had tortured many of the 25,000 Mau Mau fighters detained
during the State of Emergency they had declared in 1952. He
averred that the Briish did not condone “acts of inhumanity.
We reaffirm our conclusion: “In 2011, the British High
Court in London had rejected the veterans’ claims that the
British Government should accept the liabilities of the colonial
regime. However, it permitted demands for compensation to
proceed and this was appealed by the government.
The decision of the British Government to pay the
veterans changes the entire situation, not only in relation to
the claims of the Mau Maus but also to claims for
reparations made against the British government for what
they did to Africans and their descendants, whom they
brought as slaves to the “New World”.

Saturday November 02, 2013

Letters... Where your views make the news

Bai Shan Lin should read Caribbean History
DEAR EDITOR,
I refer to an article
captioned, “GRA Head
defends Bai Shan Lin
parking deal, SN 10-302013” and would like to state
that the Guyana Revenue
Authority (GRA)
Commissioner General, Mr.
Khurshid Sattaur, may not
have the authority to engage
in the development of the
Lamaha Street parking lot or
pay fees or rent to any agency
or entity for such works.
Such authority comes
from the Parliament through
the budgeting process and
this has not been authorized.
In addition, the parking
lot will require maintenance
and it would seem based
on the article that no
amount has been budgeted
for the maintenance of the
parking lot.
Would Georgetown tax
payers be responsible for this
cost or is this another
dubious investment scheme
in the making by the
Government of Guyana?
Mr. Sattaur states that
“the GRA will soon enter
into an economic
relationship that would result
in payment being made over
a period of time for such
facilities to be rented for a
number of years at a
nominal fee.”
My guess is that this
sellout will be to the owners
who have established
businesses at the corner of
Lamaha and Camp Streets,
the very location where the
parking lot is being
developed.
At that location,
congestion will be a problem
as parking spots become

scarce, and the GRA staff
will most likely have to pay
to park at that location or
they will have to be
subsidized by the GRA.
Given that the mandate
of the GRA is to collect taxes
on behalf of the people of
Guyana and that the GRA is
not authorized to engage in
development projects, this
dubious venture will most
likely morph into another
non-transparent and
unaccountable NICIL.
If Bai Shan Lin (BSL)
wishes to be generous to the
people of Guyana, as we
have been so generous to
them, in that we allowed
them to extract our natural
resources for free, then they
can do the following:
1. Publish the agreement
under which this deal was
made, as full disclosure will
improve transparency and
start a process of
rehabilitating the image of
Bai Shan Lin in Guyana.
2. Cancel the terms in the
agreement which say that we
the people of Guyana must
pay a fee for the use of our
own parking lot (this is
hilarious). In other words,
“Massa Day Done”, (Dr. Eric
Williams, 1961). BSL needs
to know some Caribbean
History.
3. In order to be
generous, BSL should
donate the use of the
equipment for free to the
project, once the project has
been formally approved and
the Guyana Power and Light
( G P L ) ’s c o n c e r n s a r e
resolved. Incidentally, I
commend Mr. Bharrat
Dindyal, the Chief Executive
Officer of GPL, for speaking

out against the construction
of the parking lot at that
location. Sound advice by
professionals seems not to
have any sway with
Government policymakers,
until disaster strikes.
Finally, it is laughable
how the Government of
Guyana makes investment
decisions and how they
compound problems instead
of solving them and learning
from their mistakes.
They do not seem to do
first what all good
investments must have; that
is produce an investment
document that considers all
of the following: the
engineering and
technological attributes; the
management and
accountability requirements;
and the measurement of the
economic, financial, social
and environmental costs and
benefits.
These components must
be available before making a
decision to spend tax payers’
money. We have seen this
unprofessional approach in
many public-funded
projects, including the
Skeldon and Enmore
projects for sugar, the
Marriott Hotel, Amaila, the
road to Amaila and the
Supenaam wharf, among
many other disasters.
In this parking lot case, it
would appear that the
government pushed the
empty CLICO building on
GRA, because the
Government wanted to
secure a risk-free cash-flow
stream for NIS, which
suffered losses when the NIS
made a terrible investment
decision by placing its funds

in the CLICO hole, without
having a serious investment
strategy.
GRA is chosen because it
is flush with tax payer cash
and therefore the
government rents GRA the
CLICO building so that
money flows to NIS.
But GRA now finds itself
in a bind. The CLICO
building, which is located in
a densely used area with
heavy traffic volumes, lacks
the appropriate
accommodation, and it does
not have sufficient parking
space for staff and the public
who visit daily.
As mentioned before,
Camp and Lamaha Streets
will be congested and it will
not solve GRA’s parking
problems.
These findings are the
views of the Commissioner,
whose solution compounds
the problem further by
building a parking lot
approximately a half a mile
away.
The alternative to this
madness is that the
Commissioner should tell
the Government to move his
office to a new location,
perhaps on the East Coast,
and build an appropriate
building to house the GRA
staff and be able to serve tax
payers.
Instead, Mr. Sattaur goes
beyond his mandate and
engages in polemics, such as,
“Bai Shan Lin… “seized the
opportunity to demonstrate
its corporate social
responsibility”.
It is high time that Bai
Shan Lin speak for itself, for
the burden is theirs to unload.
C. Kenrick Hunte

Hadfield Street’s new bus park
DEAR EDITOR,
Can the relevant
authorities kindly inform the
residents of Hadfield Street
between Louisa Row and
Winter Place if this area has
been designated a new bus
park?
For the past four years we
have had to endure about
four to six 26-seater buses
parked around the avenue on
either side on any given time
of the day or night, blocking

residents from parking in
front of their own residence.
Numerous complaints
have been made to both the
Traffic Authority and the
Mayor and City Council, but
no one seems to care about
the plight of the residents.
At night, people fall prey
to bandits who use the
seclusion created by these
buses to their advantage.
Further, to cross the road
from the avenue, pedestrians

are forced to literally step
into the path of oncoming
traffic to establish whether or
not the road is clear since the
buses completely block the
road from sight.
Even the community
projects to clean up the
avenue prove futile, because
the garbage from the buses is
dumped in the avenue and
drains by the drivers when
they park the buses.
What is worse is that the

mechanic that works on the
buses on the roadside in the
shade of the avenue’s trees
dumps his waste oil into the
drains as well.
The time has come and
passed for the owner of these
vehicles to find somewhere
else to park.
We are appealing for the
relevant authorities to
urgently intercede on our
behalf in this matter.
Concerned Resident

Please publish that Sanata photo again
DEAR EDITOR,
A few days ago, while at
work, there was a group of
my co-workers huddled in a
group gasping and
murmuring over something
that had clearly troubled
them and curiosity got the
better of me, so I went over.

When I looked at what
had grabbed their attention my
first reaction was, ‘oh my God!’
It was the centre page of
the Kaieteur News, and lo
and behold, the image was
one that for the first time
really and truly told this
nation just how large the

Sanata Complex is.
The photograph was
published during the week but
it is known that on Sundays
more people would have the
time to sit and really digest
what is in a newspaper.
M r E d i t o r, p l e a s e
republish that photograph

this Sunday so that those
who would have missed it
during the week would have
an opportunity to really and
truly see the sizeable chunk
of Guyana that Bharrat
Jagdeo gave to his best friend
Bobby Ramroop.
A. Daniels

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

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Bribery and corruption Descending to name-calling
have blighted Guyana to defend a position is pathetic
DEAR EDITOR,
Ever since 1999 this
country has been plagued
with bribery and corruption.
It was not surprising,
therefore, that provisions
have been made in the
Constitution for an Integrity
Commission in clear recognition
and acknowledgement of the
fact that Guyanese are no
longer living in the age when
men were born gentlemen, but
rather in the age when efforts
are being made to make
gentlemen by laws and
regulations.
Yet the regime has not
been forthright with the nation
in allowing the Integrity
Commission to function
independently of PPP control.
The dictum that a man’s
word is his bond has clearly
lost all its intrinsic value and
significance under this
regime,
hence
the
promulgation of the Integrity
Commission.
This law was passed, no
doubt with the expectation of
halting the escalation of
corruption and dishonesty on
the part of those in public life
and those exercising public
functions, but it has, it would
seem, proven to be neither a
palliative nor a panacea to
reducing or eradicating
corruption, except perhaps, to
adorn our statute books with
yet another law.
It is significant to note,
however, that while the law is
one
which
primarily
constitutes an invasion of
one’s right to privacy, the
enactment of the law has
been justified on the ground
of public interest, as opposed
to the right of the individual.
This is the message we want
the PPP cabal to hear.
The word integrity clearly
connotes
persons
of
unblemished character and
strong moral principles and
persons who are held in high
esteem as exemplars and
worthy of becoming persons
in public life, such as
Members of Parliament and
those holding public office.
However, empirical
evidence has established that
persons of such calibre are
clearly scarce commodities in
our society, especially in the

PPP, and this conclusion may
receive some support in a
statement made some time
ago by President Hoyte when
he said that “selection of
members of the Commission
is not a matter to be rushed as
these persons must be of the
highest calibre and integrity.”
Integrity is therefore not
a commodity that can be
taken off a shelf as this regime
has done. The value and
concept of the importance of
integrity has to be nurtured
and developed during a
person’s formative years,
failing which, the word
becomes meaningless to
those who are strangers to it.
As human beings we are
basically and fundamentally
the product of our
environment, so that a person
born, nurtured and developed
in an environment destitute of
those intrinsic values would
clearly be devoid of them.
While we address our
ministers in the PPP as
“Honourable” (righteous and
incorruptible), the personal
honour to which the word
owes its genesis or origin
would seem to have lost
much, if not all of its value
and significance, since it has
become imperative to enact
laws and regulations, the
purport and intent of which
are to subject such persons

to the submission of their
incomes, assets and liabilities
to the Integrity Commission
on an annual basis for
scrutiny, and for the purposes
of declaring them to be
persons of integrity.
This
constitutional
mechanism has been
predicated on the fact that
Ministers and parliamentarians
in the PPP regime have so
misused and abused their powers
and authority for personal gain and
aggrandizement, that they
should be found guilty of
criminal offences.
As a consequence, the
question that has arisen from
time to time is whether these
PPP
ministers
and
Parliamentarians should
continue to be addressed as
“honourable” or whether
they should be addressed
simply as Mr. or Ms. or just
by their first names. Most
Guyanese seem to have lost
confidence and respect for the
PPP cabal.
One of the mind-boggling
questions is therefore,
whether legislation per se will
stem the tide of the growing
escalation of bribery and
corruption on the part of those
in public life or whether there
should be put in place a
comprehensive and intensive
educational programme,
(Continued on page 23)

DEAR EDITOR,
I write in response to Dr.
Asquith Rose’s letter “PPP
propagandists must be
exposed
for
their
distortions” (Kaieteur
News, October 30, 2013)
and Dr. Tarron Khemraj’s
letter “Brigadier Granger
has
called
for
a
Commission of Inquiry into
the East Coast crimes”
(Stabroek News, October
31, 2013).
It is pathetic when men
from academia have to
descend to name-calling to
defend their position in a
d e b a t e . It points to the
hollowness of their argument
and the futility of their

position.
In my letter regarding Dr.
Rose, I questioned his
credibility. Because I called
for academics to be
accountable just like
politicians, he considers me
“a mouthpiece of the PPP”.
Let us look at the facts.
Despite what he is now
touting, in 2011 he is the one
who did not think Mr.
Granger’s experience and the
PNC’s achievements merited
support.
So, he was a vociferous
supporter of the AFC at that
time. Well, it is the same Mr.
Granger and the same PNC
achievements, and he wants
voters now to believe that he

has seen a different light.
I have no problem with
him switching sides; that is
his right. However, he now
has to face the truth.
It is either he was wrong
when he supported the AFC
and Mr. Ramjattan against the
PNC/APNU and Mr. Granger
in 2011, or he is wrong now.
So which is it Dr. Rose?
Now let us look at Dr.
Khemraj’s letter. He sees me
as a “subliminal” racist and
attempts to ridicule me for
pointing out the double
standard in Mr. Granger’s
stand on the Sun Chapman
disaster in comparison to the
murders in the Indian villages
(Continued on page 7)

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Kaieteur News

Saturday November 02, 2013

Transport sector deemed Twenty-year-old mother takes
“largest consumer” of petrol blame for abandoning baby
- GEA implores public to be ‘Auto-smart’
The Guyana Energy
Agency (GEA) is urging
vehicular drivers to be more
“Auto-smart” in light of the
alarming fact that the
transport sector has emerged
as the “largest consumer” of
the country’s petrol imports.
The Agency noted that
Guyana imported 4.9 million
barrels of petroleum-based
products in 2012 (the
equivalent of 13,320 barrels
per day), which represents
13.42% more than 2011.
This consisted of diesel,
fuel oil, gasoline, kerosene
and liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG).
However, what came as a
surprise to the Agency is that
a recent analysis of sector
consumption revealed that
the transport division
accounted for the largest
share of petroleum imports.
This sector, driven mainly
by the need for gasoline and
diesel, due primarily to the
growing vehicle fleet in the
country, accounts for 38% of
the total petroleum imports
for 2012, thereby earning the
title of being the country’s
‘largest energy user’.
The Agency noted that
energy
conservation
messages seldom target the
transport sector and more
specifically, those who own

and operate motor vehicles.
However, the fact that the
transport sector accounts for
the largest share of imported
petroleum, indicated to the
company that the sector
needs to be included in their
messages
on
energy
conservation (and energy
efficiency) with specific
reference to motor vehicle users.
Dr. Mahender Sharma,
Chief Executive Officer of
GEA said, “…the rational and
efficient use of energy
requires behavioural changes
to avoid unnecessary energy
consumption so the question
that arises is, how can we
conserve energy when using
a motor vehicle? The answer
really is quite simple….by
being ‘Auto Smart’. By
simply combining errands
into one trip, one can save on
fuel consumption.”
“The fact is that several
short trips taken from a cold
start can use twice as much
fuel as one trip covering the
same distance. Public
transportation vehicles like
minibuses and taxis can attain
greater fuel economy by
operating within prescribed
speed limits and rapid
acceleration.”
Also, “Ensuring tyres are
properly aligned and inflated,
using air conditioners only

when needed, and taking
unnecessary weight out of
the vehicle are all ways in
which they can consume less
fuel.”
He expressed that once
adopted and practiced; these
measures will not only benefit
one’s wallet but will
positively impact the
economy and environment.
The GEA also advised
that there are other measures
which can be implemented for
better gas mileage/fuel
efficiency.
They suggested that
vehicle owners consider
buying a smaller and more
fuel efficient vehicle which
will consume less fuel and will
not harm the environment.
It is also suggested that
the windows of vehicles be
opened on hot days to cool
the vehicle before turning on
the air conditioner since a
car’s air conditioner is an
added burden on the engine.
They recommended too,
that vehicle users do not force
vehicles to speed on lower
gear, to avoid traffic jam
routes, to use overdrive gears
and cruise control when
necessary, and to close
windows at higher speeds as
open windows increase wind
resistance and force the
engine to work harder.

- Toddler rescued by CCPA, now in foster care
After learning that her
three-year-old son was taken
into protective services by the
Child Care and Protection
Agency (CCPA), the mother
of the child on Thursday
came forth to confess that she
had indeed left the toddler
with her 74-year-old father but
further stated that she is
currently in no position to
claim him.
CCPA rescued the child
on Tuesday evening after
officials of the agency
responded to a hotline report
which indicated that the
young child was left alone in
an untidy Charlotte Street
residence, playing with a
knife. The agency had then
made a call for the mother so
that genealogical information
could be obtained.
The woman who blames
herself for the situation told
Kaieteur News “I was
supposed to be there for him
but I was too late. I can’t
collect him now until I have a
stable home and proper job. I
want him back but for now this
is the best way.”
The 20-year-old mother
conveyed
bitter-sweet
sentiments as she explained
the life circumstances which
forced her to abandon her son
when he was merely three
months old. The young
mother expressed sheer joy at
the reality which her son will

now embrace as he was saved
from the unhealthy and illfitting conditions under
which he previously lived.
After what the woman
said was bit of apprehension,
she came forth with all the
child’s documents. She
explained that her desire to
have her child know her won
over her fear of being
imprisoned.
She stated that despite
the negativity and harsh
words spoken to her by some,
she feels it is imperative for
her son to understand that
she loves him but could not
have done better.
The toddler’s mother said
that she had left him in her
father’s care since he was
three months old because she
had no other person to take
care of him.
The mother told Kaieteur
News that she resides at a
different location but could
not take the baby with her
because no one would have
been at home during the day
to overlook the child.
The mother stated that
she was always unhappy
with the situation in which the
child was being raised but
could not have done any
better for him.
Perhaps echoing the
wishes of David Dabydeen’s
“Coolie Mother” the mother
told Kaieteur News that she
wants her son to grow up
knowing who she is, that she
is supportive and only wants
him to be educated.
The woman said “They
come and rescue my son, not
take him away. They did the
best thing for him. I am not fit
to take care of him right now
but I will try to be.”
The woman explained that
the last time she saw her son
was on his birthday (October

20, 2013) when her father told
her that they (he and the boy)
will all have to move out of
the house. She then planned
on collecting her son. Little
did she know that her son
would have been the subject
of a complaint lodged to CCPA
about a neglected child who
was left home alone by a
drunken grandfather.
The
officer
who
rescued the child told
Kaieteur News that she is
surprised that the mother
came forth for her child and
they commend her for this.
The officer said that the
woman has been very
cooperative with the agency
as they are currently drawing
out an improvement plan for
the young lady’s life which
would include instructions on
care practices and selfimprovement.
Officers of the CCPA told
KaieteurNews that they will
be working with both mother
and child with hopes that
eventualy the woman can
reclaim her baby.
They highlighted that she
is a young mother and that
they are very willing to work
with her.
The officers state that the
mother is not currently in a
position to take responsibility
for the toddler so he was
placed in one of their foster
care facilities.
They highlighted that the
child needs that sort of care
because he was in an
impoverished home for a long
while.
The young mother
advises other mothers to stay
home, look after their kids and
further instructed that they
should not neglect their
children. She says that
mothers should try their best
to take care of their children.

Saturday November 02, 2013

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Descending to name-calling to defend a position is pathetic
From page 5
of Annandale, Lusignan, etc.
He writes “Yes, Editor, a
monument. That is what Mr.
Hergash believes those
innocent victims deserve…
Brigadier Granger has gone
further than calling for a
monument. He is on record
calling for a presidential
commission of inquiry into the
crimes that took place on the
East Coast”.
If a Presidential inquiry is
so important, by Dr.
Khemraj’s logic, one has to

ask “why didn’t Mr. Granger
call for a Presidential inquiry
into the Sun Chapman
disaster, instead of building a
monument?”
Before Dr. Khemraj can
count on those swing voters
for his new party, he and his
party will have to give them
equal treatment. Everyone
knows full well that a
monument is a permanent and
visible reminder of an event,
whereas a Presidential
Inquiry is soon forgotten. No
amount of sophistry by Dr.

Khemraj can hide this double
standard.
Regarding our differing
views of his comparison of
Guyana with Trinidad and
Tobago, that is of no
significance.
We can agree to disagree.
However, the last paragraph
of his letter merits a few
comments. In the first

sentence, he misrepresents
what I wrote.
I never questioned his
ability to help Guyana
because he lives in a foreign
land; what I questioned is his
perception of the Guyanese
situation, and this is where I
believe he is misinformed and
misguided.
Also, I wonder, what is

the significance of his
mentioning of his PhD studies
and his research?
These are all in the area of
Economics and Finance and
not skills to foster national
unity. Is this a placeholder to
indicate that APNU’s shadow
Finance Minister, Mr.
Greenidge, has a potential
competitor?

Before Dr. Khemraj
attempts to speak on behalf
of those potential swing
voters in Guyana, I suggest
he conducts an independent
study to find out what their
priorities are and why they
have not been inclined to
support his new party. His
findings may be a revelation.
Harry Hergash

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BEYOND THE GOAL POST
Branding is an important
part of business today. A
good brand can stand any
business in good stead and
help
the
global
competitiveness of a product
or service. It can also do
wonders for a country’s
economy as has been the
case with branded football
tournaments in Europe.
Over the past twentythree years, a brand was
developed in Guyana. It was
a good brand and could have
done more wonders for the
local business community
and for the country.
This past week that brand
was put to sleep. The same
brand that had placed Guyana
on the map was recognizable
as a Caribbean product of
repute had the potential to go
much further. Sadly this was
not to be as it became the
victim of a corporate war in
Guyana.
For twenty-three years
the Kashif and Shanghai
annual football tournament
was held. It had been
developed into a highly
popular and successful
brand. At one stage,
businesses were lining up to
be associated with it,
recognizing the value of this

year-end tournament to their
profits.
The tournament was by
far the best organized
sporting tournament in the
Caribbean. It was run by
individuals who understood
football and understood the
business of football. They
brought together numerous
sponsors under a single
franchise, on scale never
before seen in either
corporate or sporting
Guyana. More importantly,
the organizers understood
how to take a tournament,
brand it and use that brand to
move the tournament to a
higher level.
The Kashif and Shanghai
tournament first began in
Linden and the finals were
always held in Linden. After
a while it became too big for
Linden. There was inadequate
seating capacity at the
football ground in Linden
where the New Year’s final
was held. The tournament
had outgrown the Mackenzie
Sports Club Ground.
It was never the case that
the organizers abandoned
Linden. They did not.
Spectator interest became so
high that a larger facility was
needed to accommodate this

Meter reading
continues to be
a challenge due
to locked gates
The Guyana Power and
Light Company (GPL) is once
again highlighting a major
challenge associated with its
billing process.
The Power Company
laments that Meter Readers
are unable to read meters, due
to locked gates.
The utility company is
therefore
reminding
customers that meter readers
for all served areas should be
allowed to do their jobs
between 6:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs
from Sunday to Sunday, to
ensure accuracy of bills.
According to a release
from GPL’s Public Relations
Department, failure to
facilitate this process will
result in estimated bills.
“GPL
advises
all
customers to have their
meters read regularly to avoid
such consequences” the
company warned.
The utility company
stated that in cases where
customers are not at home or
the meters are not visible to
the meter reader, they should
make special provision to
have their meters read.
Further,
customers

- GPL
experiencing difficulty
assisting the meter reading
process are encouraged to
inform GPL Billing Services.
Previously, when GPL
presented its annual report to
the Public Utility Commission
(PUC), the company officials
explained that their nonmaximum bills based on actual
readings continue to pose a
significant challenge for the
company.
It was also noted that
among other factors, an
increased level of crime,
whereby bandits posed as
GPL meter reading employees
impacted people’s effort to
safeguard their property.

tournament which became a
national event.
But as it grew larger and
as tens of thousands flocked
to see the matches, as the
brand
improved,
the
tournament became the victim
of a corporate war. And that
is the tragedy of this
tournament.
The very corporate
interests that the tournament
served and could have
continued to serve ended up
killing the tournament.
The Kashif and Shanghai
tournament was not killed
because of a mere competing
tournament.
It was not killed because
of the ugly politics within the
football fraternity, even
though that helped to
administer to final rites.
The tournament was not
killed because of a split in the

loyalty of fans. It was not
killed because a youth
movement associated with
the main opposition party
had shamelessly called for a
boycott of the tournament.
It was killed because two
beverage giants chose to go
to war against each other to
capture the market of football
fans and because, firstly, of
the amount of money that was
being poured into this
commercial war.
It was killed, secondly,
because those responsible
for administering the affairs of
football in Guyana find it
difficult to extricate
themselves from this
commercial war between
beverage giants.
In all of this, the football
fans are pawns. They are
being used to side with one
beverage giant against the

other. And they have allowed
themselves to be so
scissored.
But it is not football alone
that has lost and will continue
to lose as a result of the
organizers having to end the
reign of this highly successful
brand known as the Kashif
and Shanghai tournament.
The whole country has lost
because this was a brand that
could have done more
wonders for Guyana and in
fact could have laid the
foundation in the years ahead
for the creation of a
professional football league.
It did not have to be this
way. There is no reason why
the two major year-end
tournaments could not have
been held together. In Europe
where football is a billiondollar industry, three or more
major tournaments are run off

together with each making
adjustments for the holding
of the others.
Such accommodations
proved elusive to those
entrusted with administering
football in Guyana. This is
why football will not go
anywhere.
If beverage giants can
lead to the killing of one of
the best brands this country
has ever produced and if
football administrators sit
down and see this happen,
then how far can they be
expected to take football in
Guyana.

Gold declaration stands at 438,000 ounces
Guyana’s mining industry
has recorded a declaration of
438,000 ounces of gold,
representing a 20 percent
increase over the same period
last year. The increase in
activities has led to greater
job opportunities and other
positive spinoff effects to the
economy, said Robert
Persaud, Minister of Natural
Resources
and
the
Environment.
During a press briefing
yesterday, Minister Persaud
said that mining contributes
to the country’s foreign
exchange, its Gross Domestic
Product, and is a significant
export.
Because
of
the
environmental impact of
mining, Government has been
working with miners and
other stakeholders to see
greater compliance. Persaud
said mining is the key factor
for the forest change seen.
He
reiterated

Government’s commitment to
have miners practise
sustainable mining. In fact,
Government and the Guyana
Geology
and
Mines
Commission (GGMC) have
been working to constantly
improve sustainable mining
across Guyana.
Persaud is conscious that
this would require tougher

monitoring and enforcement
as GGMC has been doing in a
number of areas. But, for a
wider
reach
greater

collaboration is needed
between key stakeholders
such as miners’ association
and conservation groups.
He noted that reviews are
being done to the code of
practice in terms of waste
water management and
mercury usage. The issue of
land reclamation is also being
looked at with urgency.
Various options such as
engaging large companies to
utilize their resources either
through contractor or
collaboration are being
explored.
Besides employing new
technologies in the mining
sector, the mining school is
created to enhance the
capacities of miners.

Page 10

Anti Money
Laundering
Bill…
The government is using
a lot of scare tactics to
deceive people; therefore it is
very important that the
ordinary citizen understand
what is going on.
That was the concern
expressed by A Partnership
for National Unity (APNU)’s
Joseph Harmon yesterday as
he sought to shed some
“real” light on the situation.
According to Harmon, the
government is using the
present situation as it relates

Kaieteur News

Saturday November 02, 2013

Passing of the Bill is not going
to make things nice and dandy
to
the
Anti-Money
Laundering and Countering
the Financing of Terrorism
amendment Bill to scare
citizens into thinking that the
Caribbean Financial Action
Task Force (CFATF) is going
to institute measures that will
essentially shut down the
country “that is not the case.”
“The government is
saying to the citizens, ‘look,
the money you are receiving
from your remittances gon
stop, your barrels gon stop’,

- Granger
well let me say this, the
enhanced provisions of
CFATF have been in place for
a long time.”
Harmon said that the
people
who
receive
remittances know that if they
are going to Western Union
they now have to provide
additional information such as
producing an identification
card
and
answering

questions, among other
things. He pointed out that
these are all features that were
put in place a while now. “So
for the government to say all
the people suffer, let me say
this to the Guyanese people,
the hard working people who
invest they own money to do
business, you are not going
to be affected in this way
unless your business is
running on illegal money.”
He said that the citizens
who are doing legitimate
business should not be afraid
because additional paper
work will be the only
difference.
Harmon said that Guyana
is already on a dark gray list,
so failure to pass the Bill will
just take Guyana to another
stage of scrutiny from
financial institutions.
He told media operatives
that Guyana needs the
scrutiny to “clean up things”
as we will now have more
orderly development in the
country.
APNU leader, David
Granger said that his party is
willing to work day and night
to get this matter through, but
government is taking its own
sweet time.
While hitting his hand
loudly on the table, Granger
asserted that he can’t
understand how “people” are
talking about doing things

hurriedly, when Thursday
marked three weeks since
Parliament came out of recess
and there has been no sitting.
He made it clear that
APNU’s position has not and
will not change as it relates to
support for this Bill.
He remarked that his Party
does not think that certain
aspects of the Bill can be
adequately addressed on the
floor of the National
Assembly, hence it was sent
to the Special Select
Committee.
He added that his party
has no confidence in the
effectiveness of the Bill in its
current form.
Granger told media
operatives that Guyana is
already in trouble due to no
fault of his Party, but rather
the work of the government.
He opined that it is
unlikely that CFATF or any
other financial institution is
going to be moved simply by
the passage of the law…
“They are going to look for
enforcement. They have
criticized Guyana over the last
four years because of the level
of enforcement; there was not
a single prosecution.”
Granger noted that the
government is making an
effort to paint a situation for
the public to feel as if the Bill
is passed tomorrow, all will be
nice and dandy.

Harmon sought to
address a statement made by
Roger Luncheon earlier this
week to the effect that the Bill
does not have to satisfy
APNU but rather has to have
what CFATF dictated.
Harmon underscored that
while CFATF can dictate what
it wants to see in the Bill it
cannot
dictate
to
parliamentarians how an
independent country such as
Guyana should approach
legislative work; “no other
body outside the National
Assembly can dictate how we
proceed to do our work.”
He added that since 2011,
Guyana has been facing
obstacles “but we never
knew about it.”
Harmon said that when
the
Committee
was
established, the government
had all the information but
was stingy with it; “we had
to keep asking and asking and
got
it
dribble
by
dribble…How can such a
Committee function with
limited information.”
APNU also listed a series
of events that occurred,
which it said sent a clear
statement that the chair of
that Committee, Gail Teixeira
wanted to ensure that the
opposition could not make it
to the meeting where she
adjourned the work of the
Committee.

In his first speech as Chief
of Staff of the Guyana
Defence Force, Brigadier
Mark Anthony Phillips during
the Force’s 48th Thanksgiving
Anniversary yesterday,
promised hundreds of ranks
improved standards in the
coming year.
The event, which was
held at Base Camp Ayanganna
saw the attendance of ranks
from the different corps as well
as Commissioner of Police,
Leroy Brumell.
Phillips in his feature
address highlighted that in
keeping with this year’s
theme, “Consolidating and
Modernizing the Guyana
Defence Force for Total
Defence” there is still need for
more professionalism from
ranks. The Army Chief
announced plans to improve
the facility, access to
information
and
communication technology,
including WIFI and hot
spots, and will also be looking
at a possible increase in salary
for all staff.
He added that since
taking up the mandate of
Chief of Staff, he is elated to
report that, “I have inherited

- Four out of 10 saving for retirement

A section of the gathering yesterday.
the command of an
organisation that continues to
make progress in the
execution of its mandate with
the defense and security of
our nation.”
The Chief of Staff noted
that the last forty days since
the transition of power from
former Army Chief Rear
Admiral Gary Best has so a
far been a “smooth one”.
The new Chief of Staff
reminded the officers in
attendance to always pursue
academics in the various

fields of education. This he
said will be one of the areas
he will be promoting in the
upcoming year.
Phillips pointed out that
there is need for ranks to be
more visible in hinterland
locations, while at the same
time improving their
unfaltering readiness.
He added that over the
next year, accountability,
leadership and command will
be the key qualities he will
utilize as Chief of Staff.
Phillips also reminded ranks

that there is a greater demand
of the force to adhere to
financial policies to better use
public funds.
In charging his ranks,
Brigadier Phillips, urged them
to uphold the present
standards of the GDF and
remain committed to
improving
their
professionalism as members
of the force.
He also advised ranks to
treat ill behavior of ranks
condignly in order to protect
the image of GDF.

Professional Statisticians’ Association launched
The
Caribbean
Association of Professional
Statisticians (CAPS) whose
motto is ‘Promoting Statistics
for Sustainable Development’
was launched on Monday in
Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
The Association was
launched during the opening
ceremony of the ThirtyEighth Meeting of the
Standing Committee of
Caribbean Statisticians
(SCCS), and the Twenty-third
Meeting of the Regional
Census
Coordinating
Committee (RCCC).
The launch featured the
presentation of prizes to Mr.
Roydenn
Silcott
of
Montserrat and Jason
Reynolds of Dominica, who
were the winners of
competitions that were held
Region-wide to select the
CAPS’ logo and motto,
respectively. The main prizes
-an IPad and trophy for each
winner, as well airfare and per
diem relative to the collection
of their prizes at the SCCS were contributed by the
European Union (EU), while
the CARICOM Advisory
Group
on
Statistics
contributed a cash prize to
each winner.
The CAPS, which had its
genesis in 2009 at a High Level
Advocacy
Forum
on
Statistics held in Trinidad and
Tobago, is a non-profit
organization that has as its
objectives the promotion of

the contribution of statistics
and its applications to
evidence-based decisionmaking in the CARICOM
Region; collaboration and
discussion
among
professional statisticians;
and the promotion of
continuous training and
development of professional
statisticians.
The
organization aims to be a
forum for discussion on
statistical matters and will act
to encourage research on
statistical methodology and
its applications, and to
publish and disseminate
findings. Its other objective
is the promotion of a culture
of statistical literacy,
awareness and the general
use of statistics in everyday

life. The association came
into being as clarion calls
continue to be made for
demystifying statistics and
for the integral role of
statistics in everyday life to
be heightened.
It is anticipated that the
establishment of the CAPS
will positively impact the
harmonization process within
the Region and that its
Membership Directory could
be a catalyst for the Database
of Regional Experts.
It is envisaged that
Chapters for the CAPS in the
CARICOM Region will
consist of individual Member
Countries, in the case of the
larger countries and of
groupings of Member
Countries, in the case of the

smaller countries. It is also
envisaged
that
the
Association will establish
Committees to deal with
Subject matters such as
Official Statistics, Survey
Statistics,
Statistical
Computation and Statistical
Education.

Currently, only four out of
10 people over 65 are saving
for retirement in Caribbean
and Latin American countries
and most pensions are less
than US$10 a day, according
to the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB).
By 2050, 140 million
adults will reach retirement
age and in the absence of
reforms, between 47 and 60
percent of them will not have
saved enough to receive an
adequate pension.
Reforms tackling
universal coverage and
incentives for formal jobs
could cost around 1 percent
of Gross Domestic Products .
It is feasible to guarantee
an adequate pension for all
citizens and encourage the
creation of formal jobs in
Latin America and the
Caribbean, according to a
new publication of the InterAmerican Development Bank
(IDB) entitled “Better
Pensions, Better Jobs:
Towards Universal Coverage
in Latin America and the
Caribbean”.
The publication notes
that, at present, only 4 out of
10 people are saving for
retirement in the region, a
situation that can have
serious social and economic
consequences
as
the
population ages.
It is estimated that in the
absence of reforms, between
66 and 83 million people will
not have contributed enough

to receive a pension.
During the presentation
of the book, IDB President
Luis Alberto Moreno pointed
out that the creation of formal
jobs is key to guaranteeing
sustainable pension systems.
“We believe that pension
reform would not only
provide incentives to boost
formal employment and
productivity, but also
encourage investments in
infrastructure and human
capital in the region”, Moreno
said.
Carmen Pagés–Serra,
coauthor of the book and
Head of the Labor Markets
and Social Security Unit at
the IDB, noted that “reform
g o e s hand in hand with
establishing sustainable
and efficient anti-poverty
p e n s i o n schemes and
simultaneously encouraging
the growth of formal
employment, for example, by
subsidizing
pension
contributions.
Moreover, advances are
required in the areas of
financial
controls,
information and education”.
The region is still young,
which facilitates political
approval of the reforms and
reduces their cost.
The
publication
concludes that pensions
could be made universal by
earmarking less than 1 percent
of GDP, to be funded through
sales or commodity taxes, for
example.

Page 12

Kaieteur News

GT&T strengthens cellular
coverage in West Coast Berbice
With the activation of a
new cell site at Bush Lot,
cellular coverage on the
Guyana
Telephone
&Telegraph
Company
(GT&T) network has been
further enhanced in the West
Coast Berbice region.
According to the phone
company yesterday, the new
cell site at Bush Lot will
strengthen coverage between
the Cottage and Bath sites
and provide seamless mobile,

voice and data services along
that corridor.
The Bush Lot site is the
most recent to be turned-up
in 2013 with the previous
being Aranaputa Valley in
Region 9 which was
commissioned in June and
Kurupukari, Region 8, which
became operational in
August.
According to GT&T,
since the launch of the GSM
service in 2004, the company

has commissioned more than
100 cellular sites in the ten
administrative regions,
investing millions of dollars
in Guyana every year.
“GT&T, Guyana’s premier
telecommunications
continues to offer the most
reliable and affordable
telecommunication services
including landline, mobile and
data services. Works are in
progress on another cell site
in the Berbice area.”

Saturday November 02, 2013

TVET programme
gets $3.6M injection
The pieces of
equipment that
were donated

Miner placed on $125,000
bail for jewelry theft
Appearing yesterday
before Chief Magistrate Priya
Sewnarine-Beharry was gold
miner Brian Jordan of 318
North East La Penitence who
faced a charge of Simple
Larceny.
It is alleged that during
the period October 22 – 27, at
North East La Penitence,

Jordan stole two gold bands
each valued at $20,000, one
gold finger ring valued at
$60,000 and one pair of gold
earrings valued at $15,000.
The total value of items stolen
is $115,000, property of
Bhisundai Persaud.
To the allegations, the
defendant pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutor Bharat Mangru
told the court that Jordan and
Persaud are known to each
other as they are neighbours.
Mangru stated that Persaud
had entrusted Jordon with
the keys to her house after
she had secured the items in
her chest of drawers.
Mangru told the court
that when Persaud returned
home she noticed the items
missing. The court heard that
the women then made a
report to the police station
and the man was arrested and
charged with the offence.
Prosecution offered no
objection to bail.
When
Magistrate
Sewnarine-Beharry
addressed the accused, he
stated that he offered to repay
the woman and she accepted.
The Chief Magistrate
then instructed Jordon to
complete payment by the
next hearing of the matter
which is scheduled for
November 18 and placed him
on $125,000 bail.

Technical institutes in
Guyana are now in a better
position to carry out their
mandate after being recipients
of a quantity of technical
learning materials and
equipment from the United
Nations
Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO).
The gifts were handed
over yesterday to the Council
for Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
(CTVET) Secretariat and will
be forwarded to the technical
institutes across the country.
The Guyana Technical
Institute
(GTI);
the
Essequibo
Technical
Institute (ETI) and the
Carnegie School of Home
Economics were listed among
those to benefit.
According to UNESCO’s
Secretary-General, Ms. Inge
Nathoo, the grant came as a
result of an application for the
strengthening of the TVET
Council that was put forward
by Minister of Education
Priya Manickchand in 2011.
She said that approval for the
application came in May
2013.
Nathoo said that the
initial application was for
supplies
valued
at
USD$26,000, however, due to
financial difficulties suffered
by UNESCO as a result of the
pull out of some key members
of the organisation, the funds
have dwindled.

Nevertheless, Nathoo
noted that her organisation
has approved USD $18,000 to
be used for this purpose. She
said that the funds, which
translate to roughly GYD $3.6
M has been used to facilitate
a 10-day workshop for
assessors as well as to
provide the equipment that
were handed over.
Also speaking at the
simple ceremony yesterday
was Clinton Williams
Chairman of the Board of
Industrial Training (BIT) as
well as Chairman of CTVET,
who noted that the support
shown to TVET would in fact
benefit the nation’s economy.
He said TVET’s vision
could simply be seen as
“education for employment.”
“It
is
recognized
internationally that the state
of every country’s economic
development is inextricably
linked to its productivity and
i n t e r n a t i o n a l
competitiveness;
and
concomitant is its capacity to
build and sustain a competent
work force. Our mission is to
conceptualize, coordinate
and deliver modular-based
education and training in
order to create and sustain a
work force that is accredited
to be internationally
competitive.”
Mr. Williams also
acknowledged that the
intervention of UNESCO in
providing the supplies is

timely. He said that the
supplies will no doubt
provide a positive impact that
will boost the national
strategic plan with respect to
accelerating implementation
of
competency-based
training across the country.
The Chairman also took
the opportunity to express
gratitude to UNESCO for the
recently concluded workshop
which he said will allow for
implementation of a national
strategy of assessment and
certification, and ultimately
implementation of quality
assurance guidelines. This,
according to Williams, is a
critical factor as it is a
precondition for Guyana to
be recognized as an
accreditation body for
awarding the CARICOM
Vocational Qualification,
(CVQ)
among
other
certification.
It was urged that proper
care, adequate maintenance
and security be administered
to the equipment received.
Ms. Nathoo said that in
order to ensure transparency
and accountability in the
management and use of the
equipment, UNESCO will be
monitoring and evaluating the
situation from time to time.
“UNESCO has a very rigid
programme for monitoring
and evaluation; so from time
to time auditors will come and
they will be checking.”
While these measures will
be put into place to ensure
that the equipment is not
being misused, Ms. Nathoo
expressed confidence that
the applicants of the grants
“are honourable people with
wisdom and integrity. We do
have confidence in our
applicants that they would be
able to account in a
transparent manner for the
things we have donated and
we will be able to see improved
results in the sector.”

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

NOC student escapes, climbs
on Suddie Hospital roof
A female security guard
attached at the New
Opportunity Corps at
Onderneming is offended by
the
actions
of
a
“troublesome” 16-year-old
New Opportunity Corps
student who threw sand in her
food, Wednesday afternoon
in an escape bid.
The guard is also
embarrassed by the inaction
of officials who failed to
impose any penalty against
the offender.
The offender, who
according reports is in the
habit of abusing staff
members and students
(inmates), has never been
upbraided for his actions, a

source said. It is further
believed that his continued
violent outbursts which often
times goes without any form
of rebuke/chastisement by
senior officials is being seen
as a protective weapon
against some of the staff,
whose reckless conduct
remain uncovered.
The report added that
after the student had escaped
from the facility at
Onderneeming, he was
discovered on the roof of the
Suddie Public Hospital, a
village away, where a large
crowd had simultaneously
become the scene of
attraction.
A negotiation was struck

between the student and a
senior official outside of the
Region, through a telephone
call. Moments later the
student gracefully climbed
down from the roof of the
Hospital and returned to the
facility at Onderneeming,
unharmed.
In August 2012, a number
of students set fire to the
garment facility (a tailor shop)
and the girls’ dormitory. Forty
students were charged for
arson and escaping from the
facility in that instance. Some
were referred to the juvenile
facility in Georgetown, while
the others have been
reinstated at the facility, at
Onderneeming.

PI into murder trial of
mentally ill man nears close
Three witnesses are yet to
testify at the Preliminary
Inquiry (PI) into the murder
trial of mentally ill murder
accused, Lloyd Greene.
Greene, who was charged
for the murder of Earl France,
on April 26, 2009, is
languishing behind bars,
awaiting the conclusion of a
Preliminary inquiry, which has
dragged on for more than four
years.
The murder accused has
endured four separate
preliminary Inquiries into the
matter, under the supervision
different
Magistrates.
However, the PI was never
concluded.
Earlier this year, his
relatives
sought
the
intervention of relevant
authorities to bring an end to

the stalled case.
As the investigation
nears its close, Greene’s
relatives, are hoping for a
definite outcome. Greene’s
case currently sits before
Magistrate Dylon Bess at the
Georgetown Magistrates’
Court. Attorney -at- Law,
Troy Deygoo is representing
the accused.
Previously in the case,
the Attorney wrote to the
Director
of
Public
Prosecutions
(DPP)
requesting that the murder
charge be withdrawn based
on the mental state of his
client. However, the DPP
indicated that the accused
was mentally fit to stand trial.
Greene, 36, of Lot 140
Laing Avenue, Georgetown is
accused of fatally wounding

Earl France on April 26, 2009.
The victim was reportedly
stabbed in the region of his
heart during a heated
disagreement.
Details
suggest that France and the
accused were involved in a
brawl, at which time, Greene
was
injured.
Greene
reportedly fled the scene and
armed himself with a knife.
Upon his return, Greene
wounded France several
times. The man eventually
succumbed to his injuries, on
his way to the Georgetown
Public Hospital.

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IMMIGRATION INFO:
Immigration News
For Our Community
Attorney Gail S.
Seeram,
Gail@GailLaw.com
Through this “Question &
Answer” column, our goal is
to answer your immigration
questions. We appreciate
your
comments
and
questions. If you have a
question that you would like
answered in this column,
please
email:
Gail@GailLaw.com.
Question #1: I lost my
certificate of naturalization,
do I need to reapply for one or
will my U.S. passport be
enough to prove that I am a
U.S. citizen?
Answer #1: T h e
certificate of naturalization
and certificate of citizenship
is primary proof that you are
a U.S. citizen. The U.S.
passport is second proof. I
advise you to file Form N-565
to replace your certificate of
naturalization. The filing fee
is US$345. Note, you should
get a safe deposit box at the
bank and keep items like your
passport, birth certificate and
certificate of naturalization
safely stored.
Question #2: My U.S.
citizen sister filed for me
since September 2002, how
much longer do I have to wait?
Answer #2: According
to the November 2013 visa
bulletin, visas for siblings of
a U.S. citizen are being issued
for petitions filed on or before

August 2001. So, you have
less than a one-year wait.
Assuming all required
documents have been
submitted to the National
Visa Center, you will receive
an interview notice from the
U.S. Embassy when the visa
is available.
Question #3: My lawful
permanent resident spouse
filed a petition for me, can I
still apply for a visitor visa?
Answer #3: Yes, you
can apply but since you have
an intent to live in the U.S.,
this may impact your approval
for the visitor visa.
Remember, to obtain a visitor
visa, you must show strong
ties to your native country
and also that you have no
intent to reside or overstay to
live in the U.S.
Question #4: Why was
my tourist visa revoked?
Answer #4: There can
be several reasons why the
U.S. Embassy revoked your

Gail S. Seeram
visa. Some reason may be
that you failed to meet the
requirements for the visa,
maybe you overstayed in the
U.S. with your visa or maybe
you made a fraudulent
misrepresentation to the U.S.
Embassy. I would advise you
to see an explanation from the
U.S. Embassy, though one if
not legally required.
Question #5: I’m
a
lawful permanent resident,
can I apply for my fiancé?
Answer #5:
Unfortunately, the answer is
no. Only a U.S. citizen can
apply for a fiancé visa. A
fiancé visa is not available for
a lawful permanent resident.

WANTED
One maid must be able to
cook & clean; between the
age 25-40yrs Telephone:6106168
Labourers/
painters/
carpenters with own tools to
work with limited supervision
- Tel:225-6070
Hotel
receptionist;
Restaurant cook – age 25+
(shift systems) – Contact:
223-6284
One male care taker between
the age 25-35yrs; single or
with family for a farm in Craig
– Tel:654-1029
Urgently needed 1 plot of
land to buy in Parfaite
Harmonie - Tel:675-7292; 2185591
Professional painters and
carpenters – Telephone:6224899
Experienced and attractive
female waitress to work at bar
must be able to work late hour
- Call: 649-1105.
Young , active & attractive
house maid, 17-30 years,
needed for a Foreign
National ( morning job) @
Prashad Nagar – Tel:6042164
Housekeeper required on the
E.B.D must know how to
prepare a Variety of dishes Phone: 690-9233
Porters- Apply to Alabama
Trading, Georgetown Ferry
Stelling Stabroek.
One female cleaner- Apply to
Alabama
Trading,
Georgetown, Ferry Stelling
Stabroek.

Customer service must not be at the
cost of insulting public intelligence
DEAR EDITOR,
I read with interest the
GRA/ Bai
Shan
Lin
controversy which claims that
the development of the
Lamaha Street embankment is
being done at “no cost” to the
GRA and as part of Bai Shan
Lin’s “Corporate Social
Responsibility,” also known
as CSR.
Let us examine what CSR
is as defined by Berkeley
University: ”The corporate
belief that a company needs
to be responsible for its
actions – socially, ethically,
and environmentally.”
The Harvard University,
Kennedy
School
of
Governance, a globally
respected academic leader in
public policy and public
administration launched a
multi-disciplinary and multistakeholder program aimed at
studying and enhancing the
public contributions of
private enterprise. This is
what the school had to say
about the CSR:
“Corporate
social
responsibility encompasses
not only what companies do
with their profits, but also how
they make them. It goes
beyond philanthropy and
compliance and addresses
how companies manage their
economic, social, and
environmental impacts.
Companies are facing new
demands to engage in publicprivate partnerships and are
under growing pressure to be
accountable not only to
shareholders, but also to
stakeholders such as employees,
consumers, suppliers, local
communities, policymakers,
and society-at-large.
Government ultimately
bears the responsibility for
leveling the playing field and
ensuring public welfare. In
order for corporate social
responsibility programs to
work, government and the
private sector must construct
a new understanding of the
balance of public and private
responsibility and develop
new governance and
business models for creating
social value.” (http://

www.hks.harvard.edu/mrcbg/CSRI/init_define.html).
Upon examination of the
above explanation of CSR by
both astute universities, it is
obvious that what Bai Shan
Lin is doing is nothing more
than capitalizing on an
opportunity for its own
corporate gain. By no
definition is the company
“socially, ethically, and
environmentally” responsible
or accountable to us the
people of Guyana.
The many articles
published
about
the
company demonstrate their
absolute disregard for
Guyana law and process. In a
SN article published April 18,
the article read “The Chinese
logging company Bai Shan
Lin Forest Development Inc
has been accused of carrying
out unlawful works at
Moblissa, Linden, and
refusing to sign a Cease Work
Order (CWO) served on it by
the Guyana Geology and
Mines
Commission
(GGMC).” This is just one of
several cases that developed
since this article.
The following should be
noted, as the GRA and Mr.
Sattaur so empathically term
Bai Shan Lin’s work as CSR:
1. Bai Shan Lin is a highly
controversial company that
has been in one act of public
dissidence to another as
noted above.
2. The Embankment was
specifically cleared by the
GPL, stating that it was not a
safe area for public use.
3. While there is no cost
to the GRA, the public will be
charged to use the space at a
cost we are yet to be told about.
4. Who will control that
cost should the developers
choose to up the charges?
5. How long will Bai Shan
Lin have authority to charge
the public for use of their own
public land?
6. Is there a contract that
specifies any of these
arrangements?
7. And if there is, then the
public should be privy to it.
I am all for CSR, but to
compare the effort of David

Bribery and...
From page 5
designed to create an
environment in which our
children, who would be the
adults of tomorrow, could be
nurtured, developed and
sensitized of the intrinsic
value and significance of the
principles of honesty and
integrity.
Since bribery and corruption
would appear to be irrefutably
endemic and pervasive in the
regime and in the society, nongovernmental organizations
such as the Transparency
Institute of Guyana, the

Private Sector Commission,
the Georgetown Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and
the trade unions, among
others, ought to collectively
consider speaking out against
and condemning the PPP
regime for its failure to stop
the growing escalation of
corruption and bribery at all
levels of government. And
there is no better place to
begin than with the contracts
in which major kickbacks are
offered in return for them.
Dr. Asquith Rose and
Harish S. Singh

de Caires and his attempts to
beatify Camp Street to what
Bai Shan Lin is doing is
insulting to de Caires and the
goodwill CSR is intended to
foster. In addition, Mr Sattaur
has established himself as a
man of integrity who is a
stickler to rules and
regulations. His engagement
in this debacle now has him
pinned as somewhat less
than forthright by:
1. Keeping the arrangement
secret from the public
2. Allowing the use of a
publicly unsafe space for the
benefit of his office
3. Justifying the acts of a
controversial company by
touting Corporate Social
Responsibility.
I should note at this point
that I am very pleased that
efforts are being made to
provide much needed
services to customers of the
GRA. However, it should not
be at the cost of insulting public
intelligence, jeopardizing their
lives and then charging them an
undisclosed amount for both!
Tamika Henry-Williams
(From page 22)

Stalwart educator Anoopwattie Handyman remanded for
robbing ‘provision’ vendor
Veeren passes on
Educator and former head
teacher of the Helena Primary
School,
Mahaica,
Anoopwattie Veeren, died
yesterday, at age 68, after a
brief period of illness.
Minister of Labour, Dr.
Nanda Gopaul, expressed
sadness at her passing. He
said that Veeren was a role
model for teachers, students and
women throughout Guyana.
”She has shaped the
lives of numerous children
through her teachings, and
helped to empower women
and citizens through her
relentless advocacy for
women’s rights and community
development work.”
Veeren served also as a
member of the Teaching
Service Commission, and was
always keenly interested in
community development, a

Government release said.
At the time of her death,
she was a leading member of
the Region Five PPP/C group
and served in various
positions in the Women’s
Progressive Organisation.
Veeren was also the
Chairperson of the Unity/
Veereniging NDC, and the
Upper East Coast Local Board
of Guardians. She was a
Justice of the Peace and
Commissioner of Oaths to
Affidavits.
In 2000, Veeren retired as
graduate Headmistress of
Helena Primary School after
serving the system for 40
years as a teacher. The
Ministry of Education in 1989
had given her the Teacher of
the Year award for Region
Four. Another award that she
gained (in 1999) was the

Anoopwattie Veeren
Baha’i Woman of Distinction
for Laudable and Sacrificial
Service to Society.
Veeren had also served
during her working years as a
member of the Central Board
of Health, an RDC Councillor
for Region Four and as
Chairperson of the Guyana
Women’s Leadership Institute.
She was the mother of four,
three daughters and a son.

A handyman from Linden
yesterday appeared before
Chief Magistrate Priya
Sewnarine-Beharry at the
Georgetown Magistrates’
Court, charged with Robbery
under Arms.
It is alleged that on
October 29, at Amelia’s Ward,
Linden, Corwin Estwick
robbed Sharda Timaul of
US$200, one Samsung Galaxy
phone valued at $35,000,
$4000 worth of phone cards
and $340 cash.

Police
Prosecutor
Sergeant Bharat Mangru told
the court that the victim is a
business woman who owns a
vegetable truck. The court
heard that about 11:30hrs on
the said date, the defendant
pretended to be a customer who
wanted to purchase bananas.
Mangru said however,
that Estwick subsequently took
out a gun and robbed her of the
items mentioned in the charge.
The court heard that
Timaul made a report and an

Identification parade was
conducted which led to the
accused being identified,
arrested and charged.
The Prosecution then
objected to bail on account
of the prevalence and
seriousness of the offence.
The Chief Magistrate
thereafter transferred the
matter to the Christianburg
Magistrates’ Court for
continuance on November 12.
Estwick was remanded to
prison

Sales clerk refused bail for
stealing 2M from Game Express
Twenty-year-old Ryan
Chow of 197 Third Street Anna
Catherina, West Bank
Demerara,
yesterday
appeared before Chief
Magistrate Priya SewnarineBeharry at the Georgetown
Magistrates’ Court charged
with Simple Larceny.
It is alleged that during
the period October 22 to
October 26, at Game Express
on North Road, Lacytown,
Chow stole five 32GB iPods
valued at $672,000, four 16GB
iPods valued at $155,000, ten
PS Vita Games valued at
$140,000, three PS Vita
System valued at $295,000,
two Nintendo PSI System
valued at $130,000, twenty
two Nintendo 3DS games
valued at $264,000 and six PS
Vita Memory Cards valued at
$60,000. The total value of
items stolen is $2,066,000,
property of Steve Henriques.
To the allegation, the
defendant pleaded not guilty.
According to the report

Ryan Chow

given by Police Prosecutor
Sergeant Bharat Mangru,
Chow was employed at the
store as a sales clerk. The
court heard that the said store
is monitored by a Close

Circuit Television (CCTV)
system. Mangru told the
court that on October 26,
Henriques made checks on
the stocks in the store and
discovered that the items
mentioned in the charge were
missing.
The court heard that
Henriques then viewed the
CCTV footage and the
defendant
was
seen
removing the items.
Mangru stated that the
matter was then reported to
the police and when the
accused was confronted with
the allegations he admitted to
committing the act.
Chow was then arrested
and charged. Mangru told the
court that one of the Nintendo
PSI’s was recovered.
Chow, who told the court
he is an orphan since both his
parents are deceased, stated
that he has an aunt who is
willing to bail him.
The Prosecution however
objected to bail on account
of the seriousness of the
offence as well as the penalty
attached. Mangru opined that if
granted bail the defendant may
not return to court.
The Chief Magistrate
remanded the man to prison
and transferred the matter to
the courtroom of Magistrate
Fabayo Azore who then
refused bail and adjourned
the matter to November 15.

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

Caribbean countries not facing
reality of global economic crisis
BRIDGETOWN,
Barbados - CMC – St. Lucia’s
Prime Minister Dr. Kenny
Anthony
says
some
Caribbean countries are
refusing to face up to the
impact of the global economic
crisis.
“The tragedy of the times
is that we are in the throes of
a major crisis like the
Caribbean has never ever
experienced before, but we
are refusing to face the reality
that confronts us and all of
us are engaged in one form or
another of self denial,”
Anthony
said
while
delivering a lecture at the
University of the West Indies
earlier this week.
Speaking on the theme
“Education In the CaribbeanChallenges and Opportunities
Facing Small Developing
States,” the St. Lucian prime
minister challenged his

Dr. Kenny Anthony
regional colleagues to be
honest about the hard and
unusual decisions that must
be made because of difficult
global economic conditions.
“It is costly business to
tell your people that things
are hard, things are difficult

and precisely because things
are hard and things are
difficult, that you have to take
unusual measures to deal
with it. But it is necessary that
we do so.”
But he acknowledged the
region often closes its ears to
frank and honest talk.
“We don’t like frank talk.
We don’t like open talk. We
don’t like honest talk…”
Anthony
further
expressed frustration that
countries are busy looking
inward- each busy with their
own agenda rather than
pursue a Caribbean solution
to the economic crisis.
“Everybody is busy with
their own domestic agenda,
“he said, raising concern
about what he called a
mendicancy sweeping the
Caribbean.
“What has happened is
that we have created an

Energy Minister: Oil production
of 82,000 barrels by year’s end

Daniel Brash, left, operations manager/director Rigtech Services Ltd, initials
the bid placed on behalf of his company for the St Mary’s Onshore Block at
yesterday’s close of bids by the Energy Ministry at the Hyatt Regency
Trinidad. Also in photo are Richard Oliver, deputy permanent secretary, in the
ministry and Indira Rampaul-Cheddie, senior state counsel. Photo: Sean Nero
Jamaica Guardian Energy Minister Kevin
Ramnarine said he expects
2013 to end with a
production rate of 82,000
barrels of oil per day
(bopd). Up to October 2013,
he said, production was at
81,500 bopd. Production in
2012 was 81,700 bopd.
Ramnarine was speaking
Thursday at the closing
ceremony for the onshore
bid round at the Hyatt
Regency in Port of Spain.
The boxes containing the
bids were opened in front
of bidders and industry
executives.
The
government

received 11 bids on the
three onshore blocks. AV
Oil and Gas Ltd bid on Rio
Claro and Ortoire. Glint
Energy LLC and Lease
Operators Ltd bid on all
three.
Touchstone Exploration
Inc bid on Ortoire. Range
Resources Ltd and Trinity
Exploration and Production
plc bid on St Mary’s.
The minister said the
successful bids will be
announced before the end
of the year: “We will go
into the evaluation mode as
soon as possible and we
will make an announcement
by
the
middle
of

December.” The onshore
bid round officially opened
on May 16.
Three exploration and
Production Licences were
offered
representing
approximately 150,000
acres of state lands in
Tr i n i d a d ’s
prolific
Southern Basin. These
consist of the Rio Claro
Block (74,954 acres), the
Ortoire Block (44,731 acres)
and the St Mary’s Block
(37,760 acres).
These acreages offer a
range of opportunities
related to block sizes,
production potential and
hydrocarbon play types.

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Saturday November 02, 2013

Stop-and-Frisk reform
delayed in New York
NEW YORK - CMC –
Caribbean
American
legislators
yesterday
expressed disappointment
over a United States Federal
Appeals Court ruling that
stops a sweeping set of
changes to the New York
Police Department’s (NYPD)
controversial practice of
stopping and frisking blacks
and other minorities,
including
Caribbean
nationals.
The appeals court also
criticized the trial judge’s
conduct and removed her
from the case.
“I
am
extremely
disappointed and very
concerned with the decision
rendered yesterday by the
Second Circuit Court of
Appeals that delays reforms
to New York City’s Stop-andFrisk programme that were
ordered by District Court
Judge Scheindlin,” said
Congresswoman Yvette D.
Clarke, the daughter of a
Jamaican immigrant.
She told the Caribbean
Media Corporation (CMC)
that the programme was
based on racial profiling.
“Every person in New
York City must have has the
right to walk the streets of the
city in which they reside, or
ride the subway or the bus,
without the threat of a serious
intrusion based on racial
profiling, which dehumanizes
them and violates their civil
rights and civil liberties,” said
Clarke, who represents the
predominantly Caribbean 9th
Congressional District in
Brooklyn, New York.
“We cannot continue to
tell young Latino or African-

Jumaane D. Williams
American men to wait for the
equal protection of the law.
As the Reverend Dr Martin
Luther King explained in
“Letter from a Birmingham
Jail”, wait almost always
means never.
“These young men have
already waited more than a
decade for the freedoms
protect by our Constitution.
The wait must end now,” she
told CMC.
New
York
City
Councilman Jumaane D.
Williams, the son of
Grenadian immigrants, who
has been very critical of the
NYPD’s policy, said being
right on an issue in America
has “never meant an easy
win.
“The stay by the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals
today has absolutely nothing
to do with the positive
reforms ordered in the lower
court’s ruling or the merits of
the case in Floyd vs New York,
including the appointment of
a federal monitor to end the
abuse of Stop and Frisk by

the New York Policy
Department,” he told CMC.
“Instead, this stay has
everything to do with an
individual judge’s own
conduct, and even that is
questionable,” said Williams,
who represents the primarily
Caribbean 45th Council
District in Brooklyn.
“When the merits of the
case were heard by the lower
court, we won. While this
stay is frustrating, when the
court hears the merits of the
case again, there is no doubt
that we will win again.”
Williams, however, said
that with the ruling continues
“to be put into a state of
confusion over the status of
stop-and-frisk, and whether
the approach used by the
NYPD, which has led to
hundreds of thousands of
innocent New York City
residents
being
unconstitutionally stopped
and frisked, will continue.
“The people of New York
City must have full
confidence that their
constitutional rights will not
be violated u n d e r s t o p and-frisk,” he said,
noting that even with the
s t a y, t h e N e w Yo r k
Community Safety Act,
will soon be enacted.
He said it would help
p r o t e c t N e w York City
residents against the
violation of their “basic civil
right and liberties”.
Williams said he would
establish an independent
inspector general to oversee
the use of stop-and-frisk and
enable residents to have
violations of stop-and-frisk
heard in a court of law.

Venezuela President says
Twitter attacked his account
CARACAS,Venezuela
(AFP) — Venezuela’s
President Nicolas Maduro
has accused Twitter of
attacking his account and
those of several cabinet
officials as part of a right-wing
plot. Maduro said late
Thursday that the alleged
attack was conducted in
concert with social networks
to provoke unrest and
suspend
upcoming
December 8 municipal
elections.
Communications Minister
Delsy Rodriguez said nearly
6,600 Maduro followers
disappeared from the
president’s account in 10
minutes, although she did not
specify when the incident too
place. As of Friday, Maduro’s
official Twitter account had
1.4 million followers.

Rodriguez said her own
Twitter account had also been
suspended.
“We’ve uncovered a
massive attack by the Twitter
company
and
the
international right against the
accounts of Bolivarian
patriots and Venezuelan
Chavistas, coming from
various parts of the world,”
Maduro said.
A Twitter spokesperson
declined comment.
Senior opposition figure
Leopoldo Lopez said it was
“ridiculous” that Maduro was
worried about the loss of
Twitter followers at a time
when the oil-rich country is
beset by economic crises.
Speaking in Miami, the
former mayor who heads the
Voluntad Popular (Popular
Will) Party said Maduro is

“totally out of touch with
what’s happening in the
country.”
Maduro, the hand-picked
successor of late president
Hugo Chavez, was elected
president April 14 over
opposition leader Henrique
Capriles, who has refused to
recognize his 1.49 percent
win.
Analysts
see
the
December polls in which
Venezuelans will cast ballots
for mayors and municipal
council members as a key
barometer of support for the
government.
For months, Maduro has
denounced alleged plots from
abroad to sow trouble,
overturn the government,
assassinate members of the
executive branch and aid
opposition.

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

Snowden wants to help
German probe, testify in US
Moscow
(AFP)
Intelligence leaker Edward
Snowden is ready to assist a
German probe into US spying
on Chancellor Angela Merkel
but also wants to talk directly
to the US Congress, a German
lawmaker who met the
fugitive said yesterday.
Snowden had late on
Thursday met German Green
party lawmaker Hans-Christian
Stroebele at an undisclosed
location in Moscow to discuss
his revelations that Washington
for years monitored Merkel’s
mobile phone, which has caused
an uproar in Europe.
On his return to Germany,
Stroebele published a letter from
Snowden and said the American
was ready to testify to the US
Congress to shed light on
“possibly serious offences”.
The former National
Security Agency (NSA)
contractor, who began work
at an undisclosed Russian
Internet firm on Friday, was
granted asylum in Russia in
August to the fury of the
United States, where he faces
trial on charges under the
Espionage Act.

Hans-Christian Stroebele (right) poses for a
photo with former US spy agency contractor
Edward Snowden in Moscow. (AFP)
In the letter, a copy of
which was posted on
Stroebele’s
website,
Snowden said he was
prepared to provide details of

US spying to Germany and he
was “heartened” by the
global response to his leaks
despite the unrelenting US
pressure.

Obama tells Iraqi leader that
U.S. wants ‘inclusive’ Iraq

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
(L) talk to reporters in the Oval Office after meeting at the White House in
Washington, yesterday. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Barack Obama
pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki yesterday to build a
more inclusive democracy in his
country and said the United
States would cooperate with Iraq
as it tries to push back a

resurgent al Qaeda.
As Iraq experiences a rising
spiral of sectarian violence two
years after U.S. troops departed
following eight years of war,
Maliki came to Washington
seeking U.S. help to counter a
Sunni insurgency revived in

part by Syria’s civil war next
door. Obama, in White House
Oval Office remarks with
Maliki at his side, made no
mention of supplying the U.S.made Apache helicopters the
Iraqis are seeking from the United
States.

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Saturday November 02, 2013

Pakistani Taliban chief
killed in drone strike

I S L A M A B A D /
PESHAWAR,
Pakistan
(Reuters) - The head of the
Pakistani Taliban was killed
by a U.S. drone strike
yesterday, security and
Taliban sources said, in a blow
to the fragmented movement
fighting against the nucleararmed South Asian nation.
Hakimullah Mehsud was
one of the most wanted and
feared men in Pakistan with a
$5 million U.S. bounty on his
head, leading an insurgency
from a mountain hideout in
North Waziristan, the
Taliban’s stronghold on the
Afghan frontier.
“We confirm with great
sorrow that our esteemed
leader was martyred in a drone
attack,” a senior Taliban
commander said.
In Washington, two U.S.
officials confirmed Mehsud’s
death in a CIA drone strike.
They spoke on condition of
anonymity.
At the White House, a
spokeswoman said officials
had seen the reports Mehsud
may have been killed in
Pakistan. “We are not in a
position to confirm those
reports, but if true, this would
be a serious loss” for the
Pakistan Taliban, Caitlin

Hakimullah Mehsud
Hayden, spokeswoman for
the National Security Council,
said in a statement.
She noted that the
Pakistan Taliban had claimed
responsibility for the failed
bomb plot at New York’s
Times Square in 2010, and that
Mehsud was wanted in
connection with the killing of
seven CIA employees in
Afghanistan in 2009.
The killing of Mehsud
was the latest setback for the
Pakistani Taliban, a group
aligned with its Afghan
namesakes and which has
staged attacks against
Pakistani armed forces and
civilians in its fight to topple

the government.
His death is almost
certain to scuttle the prospect
of peace talks between the
Taliban and the government
of Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, who won a landslide
election victory in May by
promising to bring peace to
the country.
Pakistan had informed the
United States and Britain that
peace talks with the Pakistani
Taliban were imminent, said
Bruce Riedel, a former CIA
and White House official with
extensive experience in the
region.
“So the drone strike is
very awkward and difficult for
Sharif. Conspiracy theories in
Pakistan will assume he
agrees to the strike even as
he proposed peace talks with
Mehsud,” Riedel said via
email. “Another setback for
U.S.-Pakistan relations
ironically.”
The government never
clarified which factions of the
Taliban it was willing to talk
to or whether it would comply
with the Taliban’s demands to
release its prisoners and
withdraw the army from
Taliban strongholds in
Pakistan’s tribal areas.
The government, which

Kerry to visit Egypt, tensions
high before Mursi trial
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry
will visit Egypt a day before
deposed Islamist President
Mohamed Mursi goes on
trial, the next likely flashpoint
in the struggle between his
Muslim Brotherhood and the
army-backed
interim
government.
Several hundred Islamists
protested in a few cities
yesterday, responding to a call
from a pro-Mursi alliance for
daily protests until the ousted
president stands trial on
Monday.
In Alexandria, seven
people were wounded after
residents clashed with Mursi
supporters before security
forces intervened, a security
official said. Forty-five Mursi
supporters were arrested.

Fighting also erupted in
the Gisr al-Suez district of
Cairo.
Ties between Washington
and strategic ally Cairo have
deteriorated since the
overthrow of Mursi, Egypt’s
first democratically elected
president.
The state news agency
said Kerry’s visit to Egypt, the
first since Mursi’s fall, would
only last several hours.
A mass uprising which
toppled authoritarian ruler
Hosni Mubarak, a longtime
U.S. ally, in February 2011 had
raised hopes that military men
would no longer dominate
Egypt.
But the man who removed
Mursi, army chief General
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has
become a wildly popular

figure and many Egyptians
have turned against the
Brotherhood and anyone
perceived as its supporter,
including the United States.
State-run newspapers
often carry conspiracy
theories which suggest
Washington backed the
Brotherhood to ensure U.S.
domination of Egypt and the
rest of the Middle East. One
even reported that President
Barack Obama is a
Brotherhood member.
Those dynamics could
make it difficult for
Washington to lobby
successfully for democracy
in Egypt.
In a sign of the tension,
the United States said on
October 9 it would withhold
deliveries of tanks, fighter
aircraft, helicopters and
missiles, as well as $260
million in cash aid to Egypt,
pending
progress
on
democracy and human rights.
Mursi’s removal has
posed a dilemma for Obama
in dealing with a longstanding
strategic ally.
He wants to maintain ties
with the most populous Arab
country, which has a peace
treaty with Israel and controls
the Suez Canal waterway
linking Europe and Asia.

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

Page 29

Cool Runnings Beach Football Club
Mohamed 80, Bishundyal 5 for 17...
page 30
of religious holidays as a here and the atmosphere is
representatives clinch overseas sojourn From
6-0-9-2 secured the match. results no matches will be filled with the spirit of truth,

Months of perseverance
has finally borne fruit and two
beach footballers out of the Cool
Runnings Beach Football Club
(CRBFC) have been so
impressive that they have
managed to clinch a spot in a
lucrative overseas football
tournament. The two players,
Marmarlaque Davidson and Ron
Fiedtkou left Guyana

yesterday for Tobago where
they will join America Beach
Football Club of Florida USA in
the 5th Annual Bagosports
Beach Soccer Championships
which got underway yesterday
and concludes tomorrow
afternoon in the Twin Island
Republic. According to
President of the CRBFC, Rollin
Tappin, the two players are

very experienced and should
be able to easily adapt in this
tournament. They will be joining
the US based team which
comprises the current US men’s
beach football captain, Francois
Faberoff, among others. The
local players will comprise a part
of Group ‘A’ which includes
Team Trinidad and Swiss Boys
Beach FC out of Switzerland.

Saturday November 02, 2012
ARIES (MAR 21 - APR
19): You feel mentally and
physically great, and your business and financial interests
may take a sudden turn for the
better. A contract could be involved.
***************************
TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY
20): You can overcome difficulties with business and
money through the help of
someone older. Helpful advice
makes a future course of action seem clearer and more
practical than before. Your
practical abilities are heightened.
***************************
GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN
20): Today a piece of information for which you've been
searching could suddenly become known. You might use
your business and moneymanagement skills to help a
friend or a group with which
you're affiliated.
***************************
CANCER (JUN 21 - JUL
22): Efforts to advance your
career that you've made over
the past few weeks could finally bear fruit. Success and
good fortune are strongly
indicated where business
and money are concerned.
***************************
LEO (JUL 23 - AUG 22):
A long-awaited vacation or
move you've been hoping
to make could finally be possible today. Before you go,
there may be some paperwork to take care of.
************************
VIRGO (AUG 23 - SEP
22):Heightened imagination
and ingenuity could bring
new ideas for advancing
yourself in money and
business affairs. Practical
information attained from
outside sources merges with
insights to bring useful
information your way.
Consider everything carefully
before taking action.

LIBRA (SEP 23 - OCT
22): Social events, especially
those unrelated to business,
could bring exciting new contacts. Relationships with partners should be mutually beneficial, particularly when the
people you're dealing with are
friends.
***************************
SCORPIO (OCT 23 NOV 21): Your efficient and
practical abilities are
operating at a very high level.
A long-term goal that you've
been working toward could
finally be reached today,
bringing good fortune and
open acknowledgement.
***************************
SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 DEC 21): Your strong business
head and practical skills couple
with
imagination
and
innovation
to
bring
advancement your way
***************************
CAPRICORN (DEC 22 JAN 19): Business colleagues
or prospective partners could
visit today. The meeting
promises to be cooperative,
rewarding, and fruitful.
***************************
AQUARIUS (JAN 20 - FEB
18): A social event in your
neighborhood, perhaps in your
home, could bring practical
information your way that you
can put to use to advance your
business. You could meet some
valuable contacts. Information
received from neighbors can
prove enlightening. You should
feel optimistic, enthusiastic, and
motivated.
***************************
PISCES (FEB 19 - MAR
20): Your business and financial interests could suddenly
take a turn for the better. Any
difficulties you've been having
may disappear as if by magic.
Whatever your work, either related to career or projects of
your own, it should suddenly
run a lot more smoothly.

Enterprise (B) winning by 27
runs.
Fairfield V.S. Cane Grove at
Fairfield
Fairfield won by a walk
over after Cane Grove failed
to arrive.
Meanwhile, the East
Coast Cricket Board as
customary
always
recognizes the significances

played tomorrow, Sunday
November 3, 2013 because of
Diwali.
The President and
Executives would like to
extend Diwali Greetings to all
especially our Hindu brothers
and sisters. May the festival
of lights be the harbinger of
joy and prosperity. As the
holy occasion of Diwali is

love and happiness, here’s
hoping this festival of beauty
brings your way, bright
sparkles of contentment, that
stay with you through the
days ahead. Best wishes on
Diwali to East Coast and
indeed all Guyana. SHUBH
DIWALI!

DCC collects
2012\2013
GCA\Hadi’s...
From page 34
collected a trophy and
$80,000 and DCC a trophy
and $120,000; members of
the runner up and winning
teams were given medals.
Captain of DCC Christopher Barnwell thanked the
sponsor and GCA; he also
wished the other teams well
in the 2013-2014 competition
which was also launched
last evening.
Speaking on behalf of
Hadi’s at the launching of
the 2013\2014 tournament,
Desmond Helwig said they
are pleased to be associated
with cricket and lauded the
GCA for a well organized
2012\2013 competition
which is expected to commence next weekend.

Page 30

Kaieteur News

Letter to the Sports Editor

Ministry of Education ready to engage all on
structured approach to schools football
DEAR EDITOR,
Within the structures of
the school system, football is
emerging as a very popular
and well supported sport. At
the Ministry of Education, we
have seen a number of entities
coming forward to support
and sponsor football
activities at the Primary,
Secondary and the PostSecondary levels. In addition
to the more national and
widely
publicized
tournaments sponsored by
Digicel, Scotia Bank/Pepsi,
Milo, Courts Guyana, Chico
and others, events solidly
coordinated by the Petra
Organization, Kashif and
Shanghai, the Guyana Sports
Development Foundation
and other well-run Regional
and community based events
ensure
year-round
participation.
We certainly welcome this
support, since, as we have
always maintained, these
activities compliment the
other aspects of the
educational process. Given
the level of interest, schools’
football is now at a point in
Guyana where a more
comprehensive
plan
regarding optimizing the deep
potential it posses must be
worked out. As with
everything in education, this
must start with some clear
consideration being given to
the students involved and
what is in their best interest.
We do the nation’s
children a grave injustice if we

simply allow them to go onto
the field of play and perform
without discussing all of the
elements that can ensure that
the engagement goes beyond
the game itself and
contributes to a meaningful
personal developmental
experience. We must clearly
define for ourselves who we
want emerging from these
experiences and shape and
define our programmes to
produce exactly that. For too
long we have been settling for
“what we get” and this has to
be replaced with a more
proactive, outcome oriented
approach
to
youth
development.
This certainly is not the
ideal place to define all facets
of such an approach, however
at the least we should ensure
that our programmes are
producing
balanced,
independent, critical thinkers,
who possess a healthy
awareness of self while
respecting others, who
possess life skills well beyond
the skills demonstrated on the
playing field, who have a
healthy
appetite
for
knowledge and an awareness
of how to transfer their innate
skills into securing a
productive future for
themselves.
Schools can assist
greatly in achieving these
outcomes however it is the
collective involvement of all
stakeholders that will ensure
its total success.
From the outset, all of the

respective “power-brokers”
need to meet and devise a
common vision and the
pathway for realizing
same. For too long the major
entities have been operating
in their respective silos at the
expense of the real
development that can occur
in this sector. It would be sad
if any of those individual see
this as a finger pointing
exercise rather than the call for
collective engagement that it
is; and nothing emerges from
this. We have a prime
opportunity here that should
not be squandered.
At the same time, there is
a proliferation of lessons out
there regarding those who
seek to use young people
simply for a calculated profit
and we must guard against
that as we devise our
development plan for the
sport. We cannot be naïve
and not recognize that this is
a viable, thriving industry
across the world and people
will attempt to exploit it here
in Guyana. At the same time,
we cannot rob ourselves of
the array of benefits that can
accrue from a well structured
football and athletic
developmental plan in
general.
To that end, the Ministry
of Education is willing to
engage all well-meaning
entities in outlining a plan for
the future of our nation’s
talented youth.
Olato Sam
Chief Education Officer

Letter to the Sports Editor

Dennis Clarke clears air on Chin
Inter Ward basketball issue
Dear Editor,
We of the Trinity Grid
Pacesetters Basketball Club
would like to clear the air as it
relates to a statement that was
made by the President of the
Guyana Basketball Officials
Council (GBOC), Mr. Cecil
Chin, in which he stated that
his council was, as he puts it
“Slighted” during the staging
of the Inter Ward Basketball
Tournament.
Chairman of the Club Mr.
Dennis Clarke, said that the
statement is untrue and he
believes that Mr. Chin is trying
to damage the integrity of the
Pacesetters Basketball Club
which has never fallen short in
honoring their commitments
weather financial or otherwise.
He believes that Chin is
getting mixed up with the Inter
Wards 2013 and the NCBL which
was staged in 2012 of which
he Chin represented the

promoters and the officials
who are still owed. Clark
noted that his club
approached GBOC to have
them officiate in the Inter
Ward tournament. He was
given the mandate by Chin to
pay in advance for the services
of GBOC as it was in keeping with
the constitution of GBOC.
Clark said that he requested
a copy of that constitution and
Chin waved a paper in his (Clarke)
face saying, this is our
constitution. However in the
interest of basketball and the
tournament, we advanced
GBOC a total of Ninety
Thousand Dollars for which we
received an incomplete receipt.
The club continued to pay
the fees throughout the
tournament and it should be
noted that all fees have been paid
to date.
He said that it appears that
GBOC, although claiming to be

professional are operating in the
opposite as he recalled during
the tournament he asked the
treasurer for a receipt for a further
payment that he made, but was
greeted with hostile words by the
treasurer, Mr. Adrian George,
who was at the time functioning
as a table official. George
subsequently left his position
and exited the venue leaving he,
Clarke, to take up and complete
his (George’s) duties.
The chairman said that his
club remains committed to the
development of basketball in
Guyana and will support GABF,
GABA, LABA, BABA and any
promotional group as long as
they keep within the constitution
of the GABF, GABA, LABA &
BABA. Pacesetters are currently
participating in the Brusche’s
Classic and the Super Sevens
basketball tournaments.
Trinity Grid Pacesetters
Basketball Club

Saturday November 02, 2013

Letter to the Sports Editor

Thanks Mr. Raj Singh
DEAR EDITOR,
I would like to thank Mr.
Raj Singh, it was long
overdue. At last I can see
positive moves at the
Demerara Cricket Board to
play cricket on the field and
not in the court. The usual
individuals will try hard to
deter your efforts but you
have to continue moving
forward and eventually
sensible people will realise
who are the detractors and
misfits, many of whom only
contribute when “the price is
right”. Continue to volunteer
your skills and resources to
the development of our

beautiful game and let not the
threat of court action deter
you as those threats are also
prevalent against us on the
East Coast as some of us
intend to advance the game
with or without the support
of the court friendly East
Coast Cricket Board
Executives.ogp
I must also congratulate
the Executives of Enmore
Cricket Club to have
successfully launched their
GT&T
Sponsored
competition and revive cricket
in the upper East Coast area.
Continue the good work and
everyone on the East Coast

will eventually realise who
can
promote
their
community’s interest and not
their own.
However Mr. Raj Singh,
you need to put in some more
work to ensure all the cricket
grounds in Demerara are up
and running so that more are
available for usage by our
youths. I am sure the
Honourable Minister of
Culture, Youth and Sports Dr.
Frank Anthony will provide
the necessary support as he
did at Enmore recently.
Andy Persaud
Resident of East Coast
Demerara

Action in the East Coast
Cricket Board Trophy
Competition continued last
weekend with several
matches.
Several
outstanding performances
were recorded with Zaheer
Mohamed,
Kumar
B i s h u n d y a l and Hector
Persaud were impressive with
bat and ball respectively.
In results from the
matches played: Ogle (Red)
V.S. Enterprise (A) at Ogle
- Match reduced to 29
Overs due to rain:
Enterprise (A) were invited
to bat first in front of a
reasonable crowd as the
spectators came out to
support the home team. F.
Persaud s t a r t e d w e l l b y
removing national opener
Rajendra
Chandrika
c h e a p l y, b u t f o r m e r
Demerara captain and
national all-rounder
Zaheer Mohamed and
Doodnauth
came
together to steer the side
to safety w ith Mohamed
blasting 80 not out
smashing 10x4s and 3
massive sixes. Enterprise
(A) ended their innings at
159 for 5 from 29 overs.

Persaud ended with figures
of 2 for 18 from his 6 overs.
Ogle (Red) in reply were
bowled out for 86 in 23.2
overs with Anora Gomes
making 20 (2x4). Bowling
for Enterprise (A) - K.
Sheer 4-0-21-3 and
Rajendra Chandrika 5-1-92. Enterprise won by 74
runs.
Strathavon V.S. Helena
1-2 at Strathavon
Strathavon won the
toss and invited Helena 1
& 2 to bat first. Helena 1 &
2 started badly with Dellon
Willis putting up a little
fight but was eventually
bowled out for a paltry 66
runs in 18 overs. Willis
made 20 runs.
Hector Persaud bowled
with some fire and swing
and troubled almost all the
batsmen who faced him,
ending with figures of 4-016-5. Strathavon in reply
made 69 for 2 from 17 overs,
Ganesh Sugrim stroking
the ball beautifully ending
on 24 n.o. with 3 X 4s.
Strathavon won by 8
wickets Lusignan (B) V.S.
Plaisance at Lusignan
Plaisance won the toss

and invited Lusignan (B) to
bat first and made 130 runs
all out from 26.5 overs. M.
Jeenarine contributed 22
runs (2x4s). Bowling for
Plaisance,
Dwayne
Andrews dominated the
batsmen with a fine
bowling display and ended
with figures of 5.5-0-16-5.
Plaisance in reply were no
match for the Lusignan
bowling duo of Jeenarine
and Kumar Bishundyal and
were eventually all out for
68 runs from 23.4 overs. N.
Jeenarine ended with
figures of 6.4-1-16-4 and
Kumar Bishundyal 6-2-175. Lusignan (B) winning by
63 runs.
Better Hope (B) V.S.
Ogle (Blue) at Better HopeMatch abandoned by
cause of rain.
Enterprise (B) V.S. Mon
Repos at Enterprise
Enterprise (B) won the
toss and batted first and
compiled 151 runs for 9
from 30 overs after time was
lost due to rain. S. Mohabir
made 49 runs (5x4s & 1x6s)
and Ramesh Atkinson 32
(3x4s)
. Bowling for Mon
Repos, Ravendra Samlall
came in with an excellent
spell
6-0-19-4
and
supported by Bhoj Singh
6-0-27-2. Mon Repos in
reply made 125 runs all out
from 29 overs. Ravendra
Samlall made 32 runs (5x4s)
and Roopnarine Singh 22
(2x4s). Bowling for
Enterprise (B) Mankad
Balkissoon and Ikbal Habib
bowled very tight and
ended with 4-0-17-2 and 41 - 8 - 2 r e s p e c t i v e l y. R .
Beepat
(Continued on page 29)

Saturday November 02, 2013

Kaieteur News

Page 31

Persaud begins defence of
Regular flooding is a
Guyana Open title today challenge for National Park
Four-time and defending
Guyana Open champion
Avinash Persaud will have to
resist a strong field in the
defence of his title when the
Digicel-sponsored
Tournament opens this
morning at the Lusignan Golf
Course.
According to reports,
over ninety golfers including
a large contingent from
overseas have arrived to
contest what is rightfully
considered
the
most
prestigious tournament held
locally.
Golfers from Suriname, the
USA, Canada and Trinidad
and Tobago will be going
head to head with the cream
of local golfers in what is
anticipated to be one of the
most
competitive
tournaments in recent years.
Persaud, who grew up
on the Course at
Lusignan where he honed
his skills will put his title on
the line against overseas
golfers such as last year’s

- Sukhram favoured to retain title
runner-up Canada-based
Roger Rajkumar, Jaipaul
Suknanan, Seupaul Suknanan
and Anwar Shafi of the USA,
while locally-based players
Mohanlall Dinanauth, Alfred
Mentore, William Walker,
Patrick Prashad, Imran Khan
and Munaff Arjune are also
expected to tee-off in the
competition, starting at 07:00
hrs.
After relinquishing the
title in 2011 to another
Guyanese Papo Haniff, who
is based in Trinidad and
Tobago produced a stunning
final day fightback to
recapture the crown,
narrowly defeating Rajkumar
and
Kassim
Khan
respectively.
Meanwhile, the Ladies
segment is also expected to
produce fireworks with sixtime champion Christine
Sukhram favoured to retain
her title, but could receive a

stiff challenge from the likes
of Joann Deo and newcomer
Shanella Webster, while the
overseas competitors could
also pose a threat to her
dominance.
Suriname’s Sook Choi
Nam, who finished runner-up
to Sukhram last year after
entering the final day in the
lead if she arrives could very
well be a formidable
opponent, while another
player from the Dutch
territory M.J Kim who
finished third in the 2012
edition if present is another
player that could be in the
reckoning on the final day.
Both categories have the
hallmark of great rivalry and
fans should make it a must to
get down to the Lusignan
Course to witness the
tournament.
Digicel’s CEO Gregory
Dean is expected to tee-off the
tournament.

Petra Organisation/Courts Pee
Wee Schools Football Competition

Two enthralling semifinals anticipated today

Two enthralling battles
are anticipated today as semifinal action in the Petra
Organisation/Courts Pee
We e S c h o o l s F o o t b a l l
Competition
gets
underway, at the Thirst
Park ground.
In the first semi-final,
unbeaten St. Pius led by
the prolific Bevney Mark
take on East La Penitence
in what has all the
markings of a bruising
affair.
Mark has been in
sizzling form since the
tournament started and
is once again expected to
lead their quest for a
place in the final with
support from the likes of
M a r c u s Wi l s o n a n d
Kamacy Davis and
knowledgeables have
been asking the question
of who within the East La
Penitence unit will be
assigned to stifle the
smooth flow of the
skilful striker.
East La Penitence
seems to be a stubborn
side that shows fighting
spirit until the end, but
it might simply be a ‘bridge
too far’ for them’ against the
goalscoring juggernauts.
They’ve had to depend
on the consistent Leroy Yaw

to boost their chances for
victory and many feel that if
players the calibre of Fabian
Boters and Andre Hope do
not show up at the party
today, they could forget
about a place in the final.
The other semi-final
between West Ruimveldt
and Tucville is a clash that
choosing a winner seems
difficult.
Tu c v i l l e , l a s t y e a r ’s
beaten finalist seemed to
have peaked at the right
time after producing their
best
game
of
the
tournament against a
strong Enterprise unit,
beating them 5-2 in an
impressive performance.
De Andre Linton, who

fired in a treble in that game
will no doubt be looking to
replicate that feat, while
Colwin Best and Rayheim
Marques will look to add
valuable support to him as
they seek to march to
victory.
West Ruimveldt on the
other hand had a tough
encounter in their quarterfinal game, but that should
make them battle ready.
Michael Oie has been
among
the
leading
marksman for them and
when you add Ryan
J a m e s , D a n t e S ookram
and Justin Persaud,
Tucville will have to be at
their level best to stop
them marching into the final.

Athletics track being raised to combat this says Damian Fernandes
By Sean Devers
Damian
Fernandes,
Commissioner of the
Protected Areas Commission,
yesterday told Kaieteur Sport
that work on resurfacing the
athletics track at the National
Park, an activity under the
Three Parks Initiative
commenced with phase one
of the project last September.
Contractor Prakesh of
A&S Construction said he
was confident despite the
rains, phase 1 of the project,
which consists of the
stockpiling of sand for the
foundation of the 400-meter
track, should be completed
by the end of this month.
“The recent heavy rain
and soggy ground prevented
our trucks from driving across
the field to deposit material
for our work but we are back
on track now and I am
confident that the work will
be completed on schedule,”
Prakesh informed.
“Regular flooding is a
challenge for most areas in the
National Park, as the Park is
on average lower than much
of Georgetown. The Park can
only be effectively drained
after much of Georgetown
drains. Addressing this
problem will involve more
than simply improving
drainage at the Park, but will
also require the raising of
sections of the Park,”
Fernandes explained.
The
33-year-old
Fernandes was previously
based at the Ministry of
Natural Resources and the
Environment which was
established
to
have
responsibilities for forestry,

mining,
environmental
management,
wildlife,
protected areas, land use
planning and coordination,
and climate change.
He has been at the
National Park for just under a
year now and said that
without the assistance the
Ministry the refurbishing of
the track at the Park would
not have been possible.
Fernandes informed that
land at the Botanical Gardens
and the Zoological Park will
have to be lifted also and will
require large amounts of earth
and sand.
“The Track has long been
one of the lowest spots in the
National Park, with much of
the area being underwater
during the rainy season and
therefore inaccessible to both
athletes and our maintenance
machines. The rehabilitation
aims to reduce flooding and
allow the track to be in use
for longer periods during the
year,” Fernandes added.
According to Fernandes,
the project will be
implemented in three phases
(Stockpiling of sand and
earth), (Excavation of the top
layer of earth and backfilling
with the sand and other
stockpiled material) and
(Spreading the top layer of
earth, levelling, shaping and
compacting) and explained
that because the first phase
has not yet been completed
he could not provide a figure
for the entire project.
“We are hoping to get
support in terms of the use of
the big equipment like
excavators from the Ministry
of Public Works. If this

happens then we would be
able to provide that same high
quality work for a much lower
cost. By the commencement
of phase two I will have a
better idea of what cost we
are looking at the time frame
for completion,” Fernandes
said.
Fernandes disclosed that
the entire process will
therefore take some time, and
may be further affected by the
weather and machine
performance. He said that
each phase will present
workers with it’ sown specific
challenges, but assured that
working to address those
challenges as much as
possible beforehand will go a
long in minimizing delays.
“We are excavating and
reusing the current top layer
of earth to finish the ground,
as we have so far been unable
to source clean earth with
minimal debris. Reusing the
existing earth will minimize the
potential for the introduction
of obstacles, which could
pose a danger to the athletes.
We are presently working to
stockpile over 7,000 cubic
meters of sand,” Fernandes
noted.
“I would also like to invite
interested
businesses,
individuals and other groups
to join with us as we seek
additional donations of sand
and clean earth. The
donation of materials will
allow us to slowly raise these
parks, and transform them into
all-weather green spaces for
the use and benefit of current
and future generations of
Guyanese,”
Fernandes
concluded.

Official launching of Planet
Paintball Guyana on today
Planet
Paintball
Guyana will be hosting
its official launching of
t h e c o m p a n y ’s l a t e s t
paintball park today at
13:00hrs at the Jackie
Robertson
Ground,
Pattensen, East Coast
Demerara and admission is
free.
Planet
Paintball
Guyana (PPG) opened for
business at the N.I.S
sports ground in 2012 and
has been committed to
developing the sport of
paintball throughout its
existence. The work put
into this commitment has
seen the interest in

that now was the time to
make a considerable
into
its
investment
facilities, in order to bring
the highest standard of
playing facility to Guyana.
The launching of the
new
PPG
Pattensen
facilities will provide an
exciting alter native source

of relaxation and fun for
both children and adults,
where players will have
the opportunity to
partake in paintball
sports in a safe and
secure environment,
operated in accordance
with
international
paintball industry best
practices to ensure the
safety and enjoyment of
players at all times.
At today’s launching,

each person who would
like to experience the sport
for themselves will have
access to paintball gears
FREE of charge.
According to a release,
Mrs. Reona Cathro, CEO
said, “We want to provide
as many people as possible
with the opportunity to
participate in the game.
This is a great sport and the
launch of our Pattensen
park is a great opportunity
for anyone considering
taking it up to give it a try,
or for persons who are
simply interested in seeing
f or themselves what it is
all about to come out and
play or join other
spectators to have an
enjoyable fun filled
afternoon.”

V&A General Store offers support
Corporate support for the
highly anticipated inaugural
bodybuilding show at
Kaylee’s Resort, Coverden,
East Bank Demerara has been
flowing in, according to
organizer, Videsh Sookram,
Manager of Total Fitness
Gym. Sookram noted that he
is very heartened by the fact
that businesses along the
East Bank corridor have been
showing wonderful support
for this venture which is
expected to attract some of the
best athletes in Guyana.
Shane
Mechanical
Engineering and V&A
General Store have both
chipped in to ensure that
athletes and fans enjoy a
satisfying evening come
Saturday November 9, 2013.
Both entities have said
that they are proud to be
associated with the event and
are equally happy that such a
show will attract some of the
best athletes. They are
looking forward to an
entertaining evening and are
urging lovers of the sport on
the East Bank to come out in
their numbers to support.
Sookram
expressed

Members of Speed XI display their prizes after the game

In this composite photo, CEO of Shane
Mechanical Engineering (left) and Ms. Annie
Singh of V&A General Store handing over
their contributions to Videsh Sookram.
thanks to the representatives
of Shane Mechanical
Engineering and V&A
General Store, located at
Soesdyke for their collective
support. Other sponsors on
board so far include
Dominoes Pizza, JB Metals,

A swashbuckling century
from Rocky Alli failed to
prevent Omesh XI from going
down to Speed XI by 14 runs
in a feature 15 overs softball
match sponsored by Factory
Price recently at Everest
Cricket Club.
Alli stroked sixteen sixes
and two fours in scoring 118

not out with support from
Aftar Khan 29 (1x4 2x6) as
Omesh XI were restricted to
179-5 in 15 overs in reply to
Speed XI 193.
Arjune Persaud grabbed
3 wickets for Speed XI who
scored 193-4 off their allotted
overs after taking first strike.
Toolsie Sahadeo led Speed XI

batting with 71 (3x4 8x6), while
Yusuf Yunnis supported with
46 (6x4 1x6), Rawl Reid 36 (4x4
2x6) and Fallim Mohamed 20
(3x6).
Alli received the man-ofthe-match award, while
Persaud was given the best
bowler prize. Both teams
received trophies.

Beach football benefits from
government largesse for new facility

Raffik and Sons Construction 2nd Div. T20 KO

Chattergoon, Shivdyal spur
Fyrish into semis; Crandon
slams competition high 91 for CAS
The 2013 Raffik & Sons
Construction
Services
Second Division T20
knockout competition for
teams in the Central and
Lower Corentyne areas
continued recently with
second round matches.
Ramnarine Chattergoon
stroked an unbeaten 59 while
off-spinner Monilall Shivdyal
took 5 for 10 from 4 overs to
help Fyrish defeat Mibicuri, a
win which saw the victors
earning a bye to the
semifinals.
Shivdyal’s
spell
contributed to Mibicuri’s
demise for 115 and in reply,
Fyrish found themselves in a
spot of bother at 20 for 2
before Chattergoon whose
knock included 4 fours and 5
sixes, and Javed Mohamed
(36*) featured in an unbroken
third wicket stand of 97 runs
to see Fyrish to victory in just
9 overs.
Dwain Crandon slammed
the highest score of the
competition so far, 91 (15x4
3x6) to help Courtland All Star
to 167 for 4 in their 20 overs
against Chesney who were
restricted to 138 in 19.2 overs.

Construction of the 50 feet concrete
bleacher and lumber bleacher
underway at the Bayroc Sports Club.

Months of dedication and
application to their tasks have
finally borne fruit for local
beach footballers when the
government stepped in with
a sizeable grant to facilitate
the continued development
of the sport.
According
to
the
President of the Cool
Runnings Beach Football
Club, Rollin Tappin, officials
of the Ministry of Culture
Youth and Sports has just

released a grant of
approximately One million
dollars as a part of the
community
grounds
development programme
undertaken by that Ministry.
Works have already been
started with the construction
of a 50 feet concrete and
lumber bleacher, supported
by a 30 feet concrete wall for
advertising purposes at the
Bayroc Sports Club and
Fitness Centre Sand Reserve

Ground.
Workers have also
commenced works on the
sand pitch and the project is
expected to be completed by
mid November. Officials of
the beach football fraternity
are indeed delighted and said
that the new facility will also
be used for beach volleyball.
They said that the new facility
will catapult the growth and
development of both sports
disciplines.